The Knesset plenum is holding a heated debate tonight to summarize the discussion on the state budget and in preparation for the opening of the voting process on about 780 reservations, before the law is approved by the plenum in the second and third readings.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett delivered a speech that was repeatedly attacked by members of the opposition. "We have reached the most important moment since the formation of the government, the moment of budget passage. This is an important time. An important time for the stability of the country and its economic life - after three and a half years of chaos, failed management and system paralysis, years in which the state was a tool in a personal game, years of election campaigns, one after the other, without a decision. "
"We listened to the voice of the citizens of Israel, those who really were concerned for the fate of the country, who saw politicians playing with fire and breaking it from within. We listened - and made a decision. We formed a government in Israel.
"We were immediately called to deal with the Delta Variant, which already had managed to enter the country and gain a hold. We started with booster shots before the hold world. We are managing coronavirus, it is not managing us."
"I do not expect recognition or points about it, not from the media and certainly not from here. For this there are friends like Boris Johnson. And now, for the next task - to pass a budget for the state. Passing the budget will ensure stability and convey to citizens, the market and the world that the Israeli economy is strong and thriving
"For those who do not notice, we are at 7% growth this year. This is a fantastic figure. But, there are those who want a stable state of Israel and there are those who want a state in perpetual chaos."
"Mr. Chairman, in front of us, especially in front of the more right-wing wing of this government, there is a disturbed campaign of delegitimization and Fake [News]. Here is an example from the last few days of the machine of lies we face. Suddenly, out of nowhere, there is a new statement in the air: 'The Israeli government is transferring our tax money to Hamas.' Where did it come from anyway? Well - because someone, in some association, received - somehow, worth checking how - permission to enter Gaza and met someone from Hamas there, and this whole incident actually took place during Benjamin Netanyahu's tenure as prime minister," Bennett claimed.